Contributions are solicited in the form of an abstract (max 4 pages) or a full paper (max 12 pages) in pdf format (see workshop webpage for details). Each submission will be refereed by at least three PC members. The authors of selected contributions will present their work in a plenary session talk. An electronic book of abstracts will be provided to the participants.

The authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to extend their contribution and submit a full paper. Full papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the program committee and selected for a post-conference proceedings volume which is planned to be published with Springer in their Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series (final approval pending).

The conference is organised by the European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT), Università Ca' Foscari, and will be held in Venice (Italy).

WIVACE 2017 will be co-loacted with the InfoLife workshop (21-23 Sept. 2017). The topics of the two events are common, hence the participation to both workshops is encouraged. Participants to any of the two workshops will be allowed to attend both events on Thursday 21 without additional fee.